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anyone who has done a gamechanger ARB install, can you list the amount of time start to finish and how much help you had? website says 6-8 hours easy bolt on. would like that put in perspective.
#893
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Get the arms adjusted ahead of time and it will go pretty fast. 6 hours two guys, 8 hours alone.
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I will tell you that I don't think it would be very easy without a lift or something to safely get your Jeep up fairly high. The MC coils are VERY long and the axles have to drop a ton to get them in without compressing them.
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for people talking about driveshaft. no matter what you do you will have to replace driveshafts eventually. its just a matter of how long and this depends on driving habits and lift height.
a quote from someone else who just posted today on another forum:
a quote from someone else who just posted today on another forum:
I have a 2012 JKU with the 3 1/2" MC GC Lite(Old Man Emu) nitrocharged shocks. I retained the stock driveshafts for about 2 years before I had to replace the front shaft due to torn boot. I added the exhaust looop delete instead of the spacers. That was done during initial install. Rear shaft is still intact. Front was replaced with an Adams driveshaft.
#897
JK Junkie
It's a fact. The MC coils have one of the longest extended lengths. I had to compress the coils quite a bit to get my stock driveshaft bolted up. One good flex and that thing is toast.
#898
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Currie 4" is the only longer ones ive seen. A few are damn close to mc though...just an fyi...
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Question. Both my axles are shifted slightly to the driver side. I only have the adjustable track bar on the front. The rear trackbar bracket has two sets of holes in it, top and lower. I don't see anything about using the lower holes.
This is with the 2.5" coils on a JKU. Is it best to keep the front and back equally offset? Are those lower holes on the rear bracket for the 2.5?
This is with the 2.5" coils on a JKU. Is it best to keep the front and back equally offset? Are those lower holes on the rear bracket for the 2.5?
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Question. Both my axles are shifted slightly to the driver side. I only have the adjustable track bar on the front. The rear trackbar bracket has two sets of holes in it, top and lower. I don't see anything about using the lower holes.
This is with the 2.5" coils on a JKU. Is it best to keep the front and back equally offset? Are those lower holes on the rear bracket for the 2.5?
This is with the 2.5" coils on a JKU. Is it best to keep the front and back equally offset? Are those lower holes on the rear bracket for the 2.5?